by - September 4, 2024 4:16 pm
The Fort Smith’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is focusing on the details to recruit large groups and their dollars to the city. Just four large groups on the books for…
by - September 4, 2024 3:19 pm
The city of Jonesboro was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Arkansas Tourism Attraction Feasibility Study Matching Grant Program. The grant will be used to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study…
by - September 4, 2024 1:08 pm
Grocery continues to be the leading online category for Walmart, with the retailer taking share from supermarkets in the second quarter, according to a Brick Meets Click/Mercatus report. Walmart, excluding…
by - September 4, 2024 1:00 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro continues to come in well under that of the record-breaking 2023 with all three of metro’s largest cities falling well below last year’s…
by - September 4, 2024 12:12 pm
Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July 2024-August 2024) tax revenue is down 2.9% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, and the revised budget indicates the state will end…
by - September 4, 2024 11:33 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted a net loss and a revenue decline in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 amid a vehicle sales decrease and narrow price gains. The stock price…
by - September 3, 2024 9:11 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 3) voted four to three to spend $4.2 million to purchase a five-slide complex for the Parrot Island Waterpark that will…
by - September 3, 2024 7:14 pm
Lyon College has announced a substantial growth in enrollment this fall, recording a census day headcount of 666 students. This is a 13.5% increase from the fall 2023 headcount of…
by - September 3, 2024 3:55 pm
Consumer optimism continued to increase through August, but recent mixed retail earnings, volatility in the equity markets and economic concerns have led analysts with McKinsey & Co. to put a…
by - September 3, 2024 3:45 pm
Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications is in the process of spending $6.3 million to bring its “RightFiber” fiber optic internet infrastructure to certain neighborhoods in Fort Smith. RightFiber is the company’s fiber-to-the-home…
by - September 3, 2024 3:42 pm
Experience Fayetteville and Music Cities Events will host the 13th global edition of the Music Cities Convention in Fayetteville from Sept. 15-18, 2025. A schedule and support partners have yet to…
by - September 3, 2024 12:07 pm
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Taren Massey-Swindle, and a Louisiana Tech University collaborator have secured a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to…
by - September 3, 2024 11:58 am
Provalus, an Alabama-based information technology services company, plans to create 200 tech sector jobs in Walnut Ridge, the company announced Tuesday (Sept. 3). Details of the company’s expansion, including a…
by - September 3, 2024 11:54 am
The Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (ABHOF) announce Tuesday (Sept. 3) its 2024 class, set to be formally inducted during the 30th annual ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30…
by - September 3, 2024 11:50 am
Russellville-based Arkansas Tech University is one of 26 U.S. educational entities chosen for a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant from the U.S. Department of…
by - September 3, 2024 11:15 am
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year amid record growth in scholarship recipients. Since 1984, the organization has awarded more than 21,000 single…
by - September 3, 2024 11:01 am
Washington Regional Medical System, Limbird Real Estate Group and the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas were among several businesses and organizations to announce new hires, promotions and appointments….
by - September 2, 2024 5:32 pm
Arkansas Capital Corp. announced it will partner with Startup Junkie and its newest program, ARise, for the Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. Dhu Thompson, Owner of US Irrigation and…
by - September 2, 2024 5:20 pm
WLV Harrison LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from July 15 to Aug. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…
by - September 2, 2024 12:55 pm
Work is “well underway” on the nine townhomes in Bentonville being developed by WalkingStick, according to Tom Hanna. The townhome sizes range between 2,760 square feet and 2,935 square feet….
